You don't see the final rendered figure at scale until you save it, so it can be harder to plan integrated elements.
For mutli-panel figures, it makes that step of planning your figure layout that much harder.
Fair enough! I worked in (non-scientific) print publishing prior to 2010 so my tolerance/expectation for fiddling with resolutions may be higher than most, and at this point I've made so many ggplots I don't really have to think about this stuff. Good to remember what's frustrating for others
I feel like you made my point eloquently, rather than refuting it? That if you see the font size and other problems while making the figure you, can plan accordingly.
Lots of other languages do this (with warnings even!)
Although I also whine loudly whenever I have to ggplot.
We're too polite and open for this discourse hell thread! To each their favorite diversions, I've never had the patience for cross stitch but I'll put away like three hours of bad or already-watched TV while herding pixels
Ironically, cross stitching is kind of pixel moving! (Or pixel creation?)
I dont have the patience to re-move the same pixels 18 times because my collaborator discovered a mistake in their data and now we have to re do the figure.
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For mutli-panel figures, it makes that step of planning your figure layout that much harder.
But also, people just like to complain that is why
Lots of other languages do this (with warnings even!)
Although I also whine loudly whenever I have to ggplot.
Also I have spent more time reformatting ggplot figures in illustrator than I care to admit…
One of my life goals is to spend fewer hours tweeking figures and references while watching bad TV. I want to cross stitch and watch bad TV instead.
I dont have the patience to re-move the same pixels 18 times because my collaborator discovered a mistake in their data and now we have to re do the figure.